[CPEO-BIF] "District explores soil remediation options for new school site, " Morgan Hill, California

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

District explores soil remediation options for new school site

by Scott Forstner 
Morgan Hill Times (CA)
April 11, 2016 


Before Morgan Hill Unified School District breaks ground on a new $20 million elementary school in an affluent northeast neighborhood, district staff are exploring the best ways to clean up the contaminated soil on the donated 10-acre piece of former farmland.

“The district is still in the investigation phase with respect to existing site and soil conditions,” said Assistant Superintendent Kirsten Perez in an email to the Times. “An architect has been selected and we will begin preliminary site planning within a month.”

An April 5 public hearing introducing the Preliminary Environmental Assessment came and went without comment from staff, trustees or local residents. Board President Bob Benevento and Trustee Donna Ruebusch said continued closed session discussions on the Peet Road acquisition already answered their questions and has kept them updated.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.morganhilltimes.com/news/schools/district-explores-soil-remediation-options-for-new-school-site/article_42883664-0035-11e6-a687-27fa112e25a4.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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